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How do I keep my son's diaper from leaking?

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Almost every night, my 5-month-old's diaper leaks and his pajamas end up soaked -- always in the same spot, on his side at the top of the diaper. I've tried everything from pointing his penis down to using diaper covers and even feminine pads. Any ideas for keeping him dry at night?

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I had the same problem with my 5-month-old daughter, so here's what I did. I would change her diaper right before she went to bed no matter how wet it was, I started using the pampers baby-dry, and I would use one size bigger. I hope this helps

I had the same problem with my son its a really simple fix all you do is take the top portion of the diaper and fold it toward the inside and down about an inch it acts like a barrier against those nasty leaks and u dont need to change to overnights

My daughter was leaking a lot too, so we just moved her up a size in diapers for night time. During the day she's in size 3 pampers and at night she's in size 4. We've been doing this for 2 months and so far no problems.

We have the same problem with our son, and we too, tried everything. Sanitary napkins just weren't cutting it so we started using incontinence pads (for bladder leakage). They are much more absorbent than sanitary napkins and they have a huge range of available absorbency. Just remember to slice down the back of the pad, (while the backing is still on so the knife doesn't stick), so the urine can be absorbed by the pad first and then the diaper. We have not had one leak since we started doing this. Hope this helps!!

I also had this problem, until I went shopping at Wal-Mart and found that they had pretty good prices on diapers. I thought 'why not?' and tried them out. No problems what so ever after I started using the Wal-Mart brand diapers. I have always had problems using Huggies and Pampers after 2 months with both of my sons, now we have no problems, and money left over!

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